susanna dsouza, Accountant

susanna dsouza

Accountant

Unimar

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
16 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 8 Months

Accountant at Unimar
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since March 2012

• Managing and supervising accounts payable for the whole Group.
• Creation of product and service invoices.
• Responsible for Vendor/Supplier reconciliations, settlements as well as invoices postings in the system.
• Responsible for preparation of vendor/supplier’s payments as well as payment voucher postings in the system.
• Ensure the Accounting Polices is followed and books are update to date.
• Timely updation of inventory in the CRM system.
• Timely postings and reconciliations of the ledger statements with vendors and suppliers.
• Updating Cash and Bank balance position to the senior management on a daily basis.
• Ensuring monthly bank reconciliation statements are in place for review.
• Dealing with bank for supplier payment related queries.
• Managing working capital for the organization by effectively negotiating and utilizing the credit period available from the suppliers.
• Handling petty cash which include providing advances to associates and its settlements and cash expense settlements.
• Submitting fortnightly cash reconciliation statement to line manager for signoff.
• Updating Fixed Assets Schedule on a monthly basis and ensuring the accuracy of depreciation entries.
• Updating monthly schedules related to Balance Sheet.
• Ensuring regular expenses are accrued on a monthly basis.
• Assisting the line manager in completing the monthly MIS.
• Assisting line manager for consolidation of group Trial Balances and Profit and Loss statements.
• Assisting line manager for undertaking monthly and yearly closings in a timely manner to carry out all the reconciliations (bank, balance sheet, intercompany) and validate consolidated financials at Group level.
• Participating actively in the annual audit for suppliers and expenses related matters.
• Providing support to other team members for ad-hoc requirements.

Accountant at Northern Trust service LTD
  • India
  • June 2007 to November 2011

• Prepare reconciliation statement of accounts based on the bank statement, to ensure that all payments have been effected as per the advice and resolve differences, if any.
• Prepare Management information Report (MIS) which includes Cash Flow, Balance sheet and Profit & loss account for the management to review the performance.
• Analyze, reconcile and follow up on debtors accounts.
• Prepare cash flow statement for the current month and forthcoming months to ensure that a no point of time the company faces cash crunch and defaults in payments.
• Ensure that the proper books of accounts and records of the Company are maintained as per Company policy, law and to the satisfaction of Directors and Shareholders.
• Co-ordinate, supervise and execute all aspect of accounting work of the company with accounting department and other departments of the company.
• Assist the Internal & External Auditors and implement recommendations, if any, for improving the system, and take corrective action wherever required.
• Finalization of accounts and general accounting including: receivables, payables, preparing and posting: journal; cash; and bank entries, preparing bank reconciliations.
• Audit Analysis and timely approval of accounts Pertaining to the entire client base assigned.
• Escalate unresolved issues to the Top Management.
• Regularly communicating with the team in US & the Client and Resolving variance.
• Provide subject matter expertise on processes.
• Imparting Adequate Training to new hires to increase their productivity.
• Following up with the team in US and resolving various client related issues. Provide insight on areas for process improvement.
• Analysis/Preparing consolidated reports of the team for Monthly reporting.

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at Manipal Institute of Management (MIM)
  • May 2007

Specialties & Skills

Reporting Skills
Mathematics
excel , word

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

accounting package (Training)
Training Institute:
tally
Date Attended:
June 2005